ArticleMaternal and child health journal2006
Mother-infant interaction, life events and prenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among urban minority women in primary care.
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- High levels of depressive symptoms and low quality of life are reported during pregnancy in Cape Coast, Ghana; a longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2022Article
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- Placental gene network modules are associated with maternal stress during pregnancy and infant temperament.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021Article
- Infants' abilities to respond to cues for joint attention vary by family socioeconomic status.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies · 2021Article
- Affectionate Touch in the Context of Breastfeeding and Maternal Depression Influences Infant Neurodevelopmental and Temperamental Substrates.Neuropsychobiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrenatal and postpartum depression are significant mental health problems that can have negative effects on mother-infant interactions. We examined the relationships among mother-infant interactions, depressive symptoms, life events, and breastfeeding of low-income urban African American and Hispanic women in primary care settings.
methodsParticipants were 89 African American and Hispanic women who were part of a larger mental health intervention study conducted in community health centers. Questionnaire data on depression, as well as negative and positive life events, were collected during pregnancy and at three-months postpartum, while mother-infant interaction observations and breastfeeding practice were only collected at three-months postpartum.
resultsThe ratings of maternal behavior for 'depressed' mothers did not differ from 'nondepressed' mothers. Except for gaze aversion behavior, infants' behavior while interacting with their mothers did not differ by maternal depression level. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that maternal positive life events positively predicted infant interactional summary ratings, while maternal negative life events were inversely associated with maternal interactional summary ratings.
conclusionsTo improve services in primary care, perinatal screenings for depression can help identify those women most at risk. When follow-up use of structured diagnostic instruments is not possible or cost-effective, clinician assessment of severity of depression will determine women with clinical levels of depression. Reducing negative life events is beyond the control of women or clinicians but cognitive interventions to help women focus on positive life events can reduce the deleterious effects of depression on mothers and their infants.
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